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Earliest examples of stone
mosques on East African coast
William Rufus assassinated -
Henry I succeeds him
Peter Abelard goes to Paris
to study under William of Champeaux
Polynesian islands
colonization begins
Timbuktu founded
Rule of Zagwe dynasty in
Ethiopia (-16th century)
William II (Rufus)
-
(England)
King
Henry I
+
(England)
son
of William the Conqueror
Bretislav II
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Borivoj II
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Godfrey of Bouillon
-
(Jerusalem)
(1099-) 1st
King
Baldwin I of Bouillon + (Jerusalem)
(Tripoli)
(-1118) Count 2nd (b. Godfrey of
Boullion)
Bohemund of Otranto +
(Antioch)
Prince
Clement III
-
(antipope)
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1080-1100) aka Guibert of Vienna
Theodoric
+- (antipope)
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
*****
Beginning of St. Martial
organum
Geoffry of
Monmouth
1100-1154
Lombard,
Peter
1100-1160
Wace
1100-1175
Guibert of
Vienna
????-1100
Roman Antipope (Clement III) (Parma)
1101
Hui-tsung +
1102
Ladislaus I Herman
-
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
Boleslaus III
+
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth) (-1138)
Albert
(antipope)
+-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1103
Eric I
-
(Denmark)
the
Evergood
Niels the Elder
+
(Denmark)
Magnus II Barefoot
- (Norway)
Eystein I
+
(Norway)
Sigurd I the Crusader + (Norway)
1104
Crusaders capture Acre
Barkiarok
-
(Seljuk
Empire)
Mohammed
+
(Seljuk
Empire)
Pedro I
-
(Aragon)
Alfonso I
+
(Aragon)
1105
Henry IV
-
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1056-)
Henry V
+
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(-1125) Emperor
Sylvester IV (antipope) +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Isaac, Joseph
ben
1105-1170
ben Isaac of Troyes, Solomon
(Rashi)
1040-1105
Jewish Scholar
1106
Battle of Tinchebrai - Henry
I defeats his brother Robert, Duke of Normandy - Robert captive for
life (9/28)
1107
Stirling Castle construction
begins by Alexander I
Edgar
-
(Scotland)
son
of Malcome III Canmore
Alexander I
+
(Scotland)
King
(younger brother of Edgar)
Yousouf bin Teshonfin - (Almoravide
Sultanate)
Ali bin Yousouf
+
(Almoravide
Sultanate)
Borivoj II
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Swartopluk
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Boleslaus II
-
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)
Boleslaus III
+
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)
1108
Philip I
-
(France)
King
Louis VI le Gros
+
(France)
(-1137) King
1109
War between England and
France (1109-1113)
Alfonso VI
-
(Leon)(Castile)
(1065-)(1072-) (s.
Ferdinand I)
Urraca
+
(Leon)(Castile)
Alfonso
I's wife
Swartopluk
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Ladislas I
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Anselm of
Cantebury
1033-1109
1110
Filip
-
(Sweden)
House
of Stenkil (Halstensson) joint ruler
John of
Salisbury
1110-1160
1111
HRE Henry V forces Pope
Paschal II to acknowledge power of the emperor
Robert II
-
(Flanders)
Count
Baldwin VII
+
(Flanders)
Count
Sylvester IV (antipope) -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Al
Gazali
1058-1111
Mystic/Theologian
1112
Peter Abelard begins
teaching at Mont Ste Genevieve, just outside of Paris
Henry
-
(Portugal)
House
of Burgundy (Grandson of Robert I)
Theresa
+
(Portugal)
House
of Burgundy (regent)
1113
Angkor Wat construction begins during
Suryavarman's reign
Order of St. John formally
acknowledged by the papacy
Suryavarman II
+
(Khmer
Empire)
Cambodia
Sviatopolk
-
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Vladimir Monomachus +
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke (Monomakh) (-1125)
1114
Matilda (Maud) daughter of
Henry I of England marries HRE Henry V
Bhaskara,
Acarya
1114-1185
1115
St. Pierre Abbey construction at Moissac, Langudoc
(1115-1130)
Bernard founds the Abbey of
Clairvaux and becomes its first abbot
JIN +
1116
Mohammed
-
(Seljuk
Empire)
Sandjar
+
(Seljuk
Empire)
Salomon
-
(Hungary)
King
(Coleman Beauclerc)
Stephen II
+
(Hungary)
King
1117
1118
Alfonso I captures Saragossa
from Moors
Alexius I Comnenus
- (Byzantine
Empire)
(1081-1143) 1st Comnenus Emperor
John II Calojohannes + (Byzantine
Empire)
(1118-1143) 2nd Comnenus Emperor
Baldwin I of Bouillon -
(Jerusalem)
(Tripoli)
(1100-1118) 2nd King (b. Godfrey of Boullion)
Baldwin II
+
(Jerusalem)
(1118-1131) 3rd King
al-Mustazhir
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1094-1118) 28th Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustarshid
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1118-1135) 29th Abbasid Caliph
Paschal II
-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Gelasius II +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Gregory VIII (antipope) + (Patriarchate of Rome)
1119
Hughes de Payens founds the
Order of Knights Templars (1118/1128)
Baldwin VII
-
(Flanders)
Count
Charles the Good
+
(Flanders)
Count
Gelasius II
-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Calixtus II +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1120
White Ship disaster - William, heir of Henry I of
England, is drowned in wreck
Alfonso I captures Calatayud
from Moors
Peter Abelard leaves Saint
Denis monastery to teach
Premonstratensian Order
founded (canons-regular)
Roscelin
1045-1120
1121
Council of Soissons -
Abelard's work burned
Floris II the Fat
-
(Holland)
Count
Dirk VI
+
(Holland)
Count
Gregory VIII (antipope) -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Champeaux, William
of
1070-1121
1122
Concordat of Worms -
compromise between pope and emperor on investiture of bishops (9/23/1122)
Battle of Beroia - Byzantine
army under John II Comnenos decisively defeats Pecheneg army in Bulgaria
Eystein I
-
(Norway)
Khayyam,
Omar
1050-1122
Poet/Astronomer
(Persia) (1123)
1123
1124
Alexander I
-
(Scotland)
King
(younger brother of Edgar)
David I
+
(Scotland)
King
(younger brother of Alexander I)
Calixtus II
-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Honorius II +
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
Celestine II (antipope) +- (Patriarchate of Rome)
1125
LIAO
-
(916-)
Liao Empire destroyed by the
Jurchen of the Jin Dynasty
Xi Liao Dynasty (Kara Khitan
Khanate) established by remnants of Liao (-1220)
Henry V
-
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1105-) Emperor
Lothair II
+
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1125-1137)
Emperor(of
Saxony)(Guelph)
Ladislas I
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Sobijslaw
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Vladimir Monomachus -
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke (Monomakh)
Mstislav
+
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
1126
Kaifeng overrun by Tatars
Hui-tsung -
Urraca
-
(Leon
& Castile)
Alfonso VII
+
(Leon
&
Castile)
the Emperor
Averroes, Mohammed Ibn
Rashid
1126-1198
Philosopher
1127
Jinkang Incident Jurchen
sodiers of the Jin Dynasty sack Bianliang - Emperor Qinzong captured
(1/1127)
Qinzong and his father
Huizong are demoted to rank of commoner by the Jin Dynasty (3/20/1127)
Zangi, a Seljuk officer,
captures Mosul - beginning of the Muslim reaction against Crusaders
Southern Song Dynasty begins
in China
Charles the Good
-
(Flanders)
Count
William Clito
+
(Flanders)
Count
(from Normandy)
Guillaume IX
d Aquitaine
1071-1127
1128
Geoffrey the Handsome, Count
of Anjou (Plantagentet), marries Matilda (Maud) - daughter
of Henry I
Battle of Sao Mamde -
Alfonso I defeats his mother Teresa of Leon in step toward independence
(6/24/1128)
William Clito
-
(Flanders)
Count
(from Normandy)
Dirk
+
(Flanders)
Count
(from Alsace)
Alfonso I Henriques +
(Portugal)
House
of Burgundy (Count)
1129
Emperor Shirakawa dies- Toba
becomes a "cloistered emperor" (7/24/1129)
Shirakawa
-
(Japan)
73rd
Emperor
1130
Roger II is crowned King of
Sicily (12/30/1130)
Almohad Dynasty in Morocco
founded by preacher Ibn Tumart (-1169)
Inge the Younger
-
(Sweden)
House
of Stenkil (Halstensson)
Sverker the Elder
+
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik
Sigurd I the Crusader -
(Norway)
Magnus III the Blind +
(Norway)
Harold IV Gilchrist
+
(Norway)
Honorius II
-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Innocent II
+
(Patriarchate of Rome)
(1130-1143)
Anacletus II (antipope) +
Joachim of
Fiore
1130-1202
Churchman/Intellectual
Chu Hsi (Xhu
Xi)
1130-1200
Philosopher
(Sung China)
Tang,
Li
1050-1130
1131
Stephen II
-
(Hungary)
King
(abdicated)
Bela II
+
(Hungary)
(1131-)
King
Baldwin II
-
(Jerusalem)
(1118-) 3rd King
Fulk of Anjou
+
(Jerusalem)
(1131-1143)
4th
King
Manasollasa
Somesvara
manuscript on Ragas (e.g. Shuddha Todi)
1132
Capella Palatina, Palermo
construction begins (1132-1140)
Mstislav
-
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Yaropolk II
+
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Hugh of Grenoble
(St.)
1052-1132
1133
Hugh becomes head of St.
Victor monastery school
Henry II of
Anjou
1133-1189
King
1134
Niels the Elder
-
(Denmark)
Eric II
+
(Denmark)
Emune
Garcia Ramirez IV
+
(Navarre)
Alfonso I
-
(Aragon)
Ramiro II
+
(Aragon)
the
Monk
1135
Byland Abbey is founded in
North Yorkshire (1)
Battle of Bergen - Harold IV
Gilchrist defeats Magnus IV's army - he is captured, dethroned, &
blinded
(1/7/1135)
Henry I dies, England
plunges into civil war (12/1/1135)
Stephen of Boulougne seizes
the English crown on death of Henry I
"Year of
Pacification" in Germany - general peace proclaimed
Conrad III acknowledges
Lothair as Emperor
Lin-an capital of Southern
Sung
Alfonso VII is crowned
Emperor of Spain
Magnus IV the Blind
-
(Norway)
(1130-1135)
King
Harold IV Gilchrist
...
(Norway)
(1130-1136)
King
Sverker I the Elder
...
(Sweden)
(1130-1156)
H.
Sverker and Erik
Eric II
...
(Denmark)
(1134-1137)
Emune
Henry I
-
(England)(Normandy)
(1100-1135)
s. William
the Conqueror
Stephen
+
(England)(Normandy)
(1135-1154)
House
of Blois
Alfonso VII
...
(Le n)(Castile)
(1126-1157)
H.
Burgundy
Ramon Berenguer IV...
(Barcelona)
(1131-1162)
Ramiro II
...
(Aragon)
(1134-1137)
the
Monk
Garcia IV
...
(Navarre)
(1134-1150)
The
Restorer (Ramirez)
Alfonso I
...
(Portugal)
(1129-1185)
Prince
(King 1139-)
Ali ibn Yusuf
...
(Almoravid
Dynasty)Sunni
(1106-1142)
Emir
Louis VI le Gros
...
(France)
(1108-1137)
King
(Capet)
Geoffrey V
...
(Maine)(Anjou)
(1126-1151)(1129-)
Count (Plantagenet)
William X
...
(Aquitaine)
(1126-1137)
Duke
Simon I
...
(Upper
Lorraine)
(1115-1138)
Duke
Waleran
...
(Lower
Lorraine)
(1125-1139)
Duke
Lothair (III)II
...
(Saxony)(Germany)(HRE)
(1106-1137)(1125-1137)
(Supplinburg)(Welf)
Emicho von Leiningen ...
(Bishopric
of
Wurzburg)
(1125-1146)
Bishop
Henry X
...
(Bavaria)
(1126-1139)
Duke
Frederick II
...
(Swabia)
(1105-1147)
Duke
(Hohenstaufen)
Leopold III
...
(Austria)
(1095-1136)
Margrave
(Babenberg)
Boleslaus III
...
(Polish
Kingdom)
(1102-1138)
Piast Dynasty
(the Wrymouth)
Sobeslav I Odrich
...
(Bohemia)
(1125-1140)
Duke
Bela II
+
(Hungary)(Croatia)
(1131-1141)
King (Arpad)
???????????
(Genoa)
(????-????)
Consul
Committee
Pietro Polani
...
(Venice)
(1130-1148)
Doge
Engelbert
+
(Tuscany)
(1135-1137)
Margrave
Robert II
...
(Capua)
(1127-1156)
Prince
Sergius VII
...
(Naples)
(1120-1137)
39th
(last) Duke
Roger II
...
(Kingdom
of
Sicily)
(1130-1154)
King
Yaropolk II
...
(Kiev)
(1132-1138)
Grand
Prince (Vladimirovich)
John II Komnenos
...
(Byzantine
Empire)
(1118-1143)
Emperor
Fulk of Anjou
...
(Jerusalem)
(1131-1143)
4th
King
al-Mustarshid
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1118-1135)
29th Abbasid
Caliph
al-Rashid
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)Sunni
(1135-1136)
30th Abbasid Caliph
Ahmed Sanjar
...
(Seljuk
Empire)Sunni
(1118-1153)
Sultan
Al-Hafiz
...
(Fatimid
Caliphate)Shi'a
(1130-1149)
11th Caliph
Bahram Shah
...
(Ghaznavid
Empire)Sunni
(1118-1152)
Yamin ud Dawlah
Vikrama Chola -
(Chalukya
Chola
Empire)Hindu
(1118-1135)
Kulothunga Chola II ...+ (Chola
Empire)
(1133-1150)
Somesvara III
...
(Western
Chalukya
Empire)
(1126-1138)
King
Maaravaramban Seervallaban ...
(Pandyan
Kingdom)
(1132-1161)
Vishnuvardhana
...
(Hoysala
Empire)
(1108-1152)
King
?????????????
(Kara-Khanid
Khanate)
(????-????)
Khan (Turkic)
Yel Dashi
...
(Kara-Khitan
Khanate)
(1124-1144)
Khan (Western Liao
Dynasty)
Chongzong
...
(Tangut
Empire)
(1086-1139)
Emperor
(Western Xia)
Taizong
-
(Jin
DynastyChina)
(1123-1135)
Emperor
(Jurchen)
Xizong
+
(Jin
DynastyChina)
(1135-1149)
Emperor (Jurchen)
Gaozong
...
(Southern
Song
China)
(1127-1162)
10th Emperor (1st
Southern)
Alaungsithu
(Pagan
Kingdom)(1st Burmese E.)
(1113-1167)
King
Suryavarman
...
(Khmer
Empire)
(1113-1150)
Emperor
Than
Tong
(Dai
Viet)
(1128-1138)
King
(Ly Dynasty)
Innocent II
...
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(1130-1143)
Gregorio Papareschi
Anacletus II
...
(Patriarchate
of
Rome)
(1131-1138)
antipope (Pietro
Pierleoni)
Leonin
1135-1201
(1163-1190?)
Maimonides,
Moses
1135-1204
1136
Historia Regum Britanniae
(Geoffrey of Monmouth)
Welsh win a victory over the
Norman forces between towns of Loughor and Swansea - killing 500 (1/1/1136)
Battle of Crug Mawr - Owain
Gwynedd defeats the Normans (10/1136)
al-Rashid
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1135-) 30th Abbasid Caliph
al-Muqtafi
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-1160) 31st Abbasid Caliph
Leopold III
-
(Austria)
Margrave
the Pious (patron saint)
Leopold IV
+
(Austria)
Margrave
Harold IV Gilchrist
-
(Norway)
Inge I
+
(Norway)
(-1161)
Sigurd II Mund
+
(Norway)
(-1161)
1137
Lothair III (II) HRE dies
while crossing the Alps - coming North from camapign against Roger II
of Sicily
(12/1137)
Eric II
-
(Denmark)
Emune
Eric III
+
(Denmark)
Lam
Louis VI le Gros
-
(France)
(1108-) King
Louis VII
+
(France)
(-1180) King
Lothair II
-
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1125-) Emperor (of Saxony)
Ramiro II
-
(Aragon)
the
Monk
Petronilla
+
(Aragon)
Saladin
1137-1193
Ayyubid Sultan (Mesopotamia/Kurdish)
Ramanuja
1017-1137
1138
Battle of the Standard -
David I of Scotland fighting on behalf of Matilda is defeated in
English civil
war
Hohenstaufen House rules
Germany (-1268)
Feudal disintegration period
in Poland (Dukes ruling in Cracow) (-1305)
Conrad III
+
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
Hohenstaufen Dynasty (1st) (Ghibelline)
Boleslaus III
-
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty (the Wrymouth)
Ladislaus II the Exile +
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
Anacletus II (antipope) -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Victor IV (antipope) +-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1139
Matilda lands in England
Second Lateran Council -
ends schism in Church following illegal election of Anacletus II
Yaropolk
-
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Vsevolod
+
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Hsiang Shan
Lu
1139-1192
1140
Bury Bible (England)
St. Denis Ambulatory
rebuilt, ushers in Gothic Era (Suger)
Council of Sens - Abelard
condemned
Portugal becomes an
independent monarchy
Sobijslaw
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Ladislas II
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Vladimir II
+
(Poland)
(-1173)
(same as Ladislaus II?)
Hugh of
Lincoln
1140-1200
Nizami
1140-1203
Poet
(Persia)
Ventadorn, Bernart
de
1140-1190
Musician
Ha-Levi,
Judah
1080-1140
1141
Battle of Lincoln- Matilda
captures Stephen and rules as queen - people rebel and
Stephen is
restored
Peace between China and Chin
Leopold IV
-
(Austria)
Margrave
Henry II
+
(Austria)
Margrave
Bela II
-
(Hungary)
King
Geza II
+
(Hungary)
King
Theresa
-
(Portugal)
House
of Burgundy (regent)
Hugh of St.
Victor
1096-1141
Poet
(1075-1141)
1142
Alexius II, son of John II Komnenos dies of "head fever" on campaign in Attalia (8/2)
Eystein II
+
(Norway)
Abelard,
Peter
1079-1142
Churchman
(Nantes, France)
1143
John II Komnenos dies by accidentally cutting himself with a poison-tipped arrow while hunting (4/8/1143)
Alfonso becomes king of
Portugal (Alfonso I) (1143-1185)
Lusitania changes its name
to Portucale (Portugal)
John
II Calojohannes - (Byzantine
Empire)
(1118-1143) Comnenus
Manuel
I
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(1143-1180) Comnenus
Fulk
of Anjou
-
(Jerusalem)
(1131-1143) 4th
King
Baldwin
III +
(Jerusalem)
(1143-1162) 5th
King
Innocent
II -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Celestine
II +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1144
Death of William of Norwich
- beginning of "medieval blood accusation"
Geoffrei IV Count of Anjou
completes conquest of Normandy
Ali bin Yousouf
-
(Almoravide
Sultanate)
Teshoufin bin Ali
+
(Almoravide
Sultanate)
Celestine
II -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Lucius II +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1145
Chartres Cathedral construction
begins
Almohads begin conquest of
Moorish Spain (-1150)
Lucius II
-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Eugene III +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
William of
Conches
1080-1145
1146
Eric III
-
(Denmark)
Lam
Sweyn III
+
(Denmark)
Grade
Vsevolod
-
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Izhaslav
+
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Ladislaus II the Exile
- (Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
Boleslaus IV the Curly +
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
1147
Portuguese take Lisbon
establish frontier on the Tagus
Almohads overthrow
Almoravids
Almohade conquest of Spain
(-1148)
Second Crusade - St Bernard
of Clairvaux appeals for another campaign (-1149)
Teshoufin bin Ali
+
(Almoravide
Sultanate)
Abd el-Moulmin
+
(Almohade
Sultanate)
1148
Matilda leaves England for
the last time
Crusaders fail to capture
Damascus
1149
1150
Winchester Bible (illustrated)
(1150-1160)
Sens Cathedral construction
begins
Senlis Cathedral
construction begins
Noyen Cathedral construction
begins
Rise of universities
throughout Europe - High point of Scholasticism
Garcia Ramirez IV
-
(Navarre)
Sancho V
+
(Navarre)
the
Wise
Suryavarman II
-
(Khmer
Empire)
Cambodia
Erik IX
+
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik (Jedvarsson) Saint
School of St. Martial
Troubadours flourish in
Provence
Notre Dame School assumes
musical leadership
Liturgical dramas appear
1151
End of Toltec Empire in
Mexico
Geoffrey of Anjou
-1151
Suger
1081-1151
1152
Marriage of Louis VII of
France and Eleanor of Aquitaine anulled on grounds of blood relationship
Henry II of Anjou marries
Eleanor of Aquitaine
-
Aquitaine/Normandy/Anjou
Conrad III
-
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1138-) Hohenstaufen (1st)
(Ghibelline)
Frederick I Barbarossa + (Holy
Roman
Empire)
(-1190) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (2nd)
Raymond of Toulouse +
(Tripoli)
(-1187)
Count
1153
Henry II of Anjou invades
England and forces Stephen to make him heir to the English throne
David I
-
(Scotland)
Malcolm IV the Maiden +
(Scotland)
grandson
of David I
Eugene III
-
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Anastasius IV
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1153-1154)
Anna
Comnena
1083-1153
Byzantine
Princess/Biographer
Bernard of
Clairvaux
1090-1153
Churchman
1154
Angevine House in England
Stephen
-
(England)
(1135-)
Henry II Plantagenet +
(England)
(-1189) of
Anjou
Izhaslav
-
(Kiev)
Grand
Duke
Yuri Dolgoruki +
(Vladimir)
Grand
Duke
Anastasius
IV
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1153-1154)
Adrian IV
+
(Patriarchate of Rome)
(1154-1159) Nicholas
Breakspear (only english Pope)
Constance
1154-1198
Empress
(HRE)
De La Porree,
Gilbert
1076-1154
Geoffry of
Monmouth
1100-1154
1155
Henry II appoints archdeacon
of Cantebury Thomas a Becket as Chancellor
Adrian IV grants Henry II
the right to rule Ireland
English plan for the
conquest of Ireland is approved
Alfonso
VIII
1155-1214
King
of Castile
1156
Privilegium Minus - issued
by HRE Frederick I - elevates the Margraviateof Austria to a Duchy
(9/17/1156)
Civil wars begin in Japan
(-1185)
Henry II
-
(Austria)
Margrave
Henry II
+
(Austria)
(-1177) Duke
Sverker the Elder
-
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik
1157
Seljuk Empire crumbles
Sandjar
-
(Seljuk
Empire)
Sweyn III
-
(Denmark)
Grade
Knud III
+-
(Denmark)
Magnussen
Valdemar I
+
(Denmark)
Alfonso VII
-
(Leon
&
Castile)
the Emperor
Ferdinand II
+
(Leon)
Sancho III
+
(Castile)
(-1158)
Yuri Dolgoruki
-
(Vladimir)
Grand
Duke
Andrey Bogolyubski +
(Vladimir/Suzdal)
(-1174) Grand
Duke
Dirk
-
(Flanders)
Count
(from Alsace)
Philip I
+
(Flanders)
(-1191) Count
Eystein II
-
(Norway)
Dirk VI
-
(Holland)
Count
Floris III
+
(Holland)
Count
Richard Coer de
Lion
1157-1199
1158
Vladislaus II becomes second
King of Bohemia (1/11/1158)
Emperor Nijo begins rule in
Japan (9/5/1158)
Eleanore of Aquitaine
arrives in Salisbury, Wiltshire on royal business (11/29/1158)
Japanese Emperor
Go-Shirakawa begins his cloistered rule
British pound sterling
introduced
Sancho III
-
(Castile)
(1157-)
Alfonso VIII
+
(Castile)
(-1214) King
Ladislas II
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
Duke
Ladislas II
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
King
Nijo
+
(Japan)
(-1165) 78th
Emperor
1159
Henry II levies scutage -
payment in cash instead of military service
Manuel I enters Antioch
Burning of the Sanjo Palace
by the Minamoto forces - critical battle in the Minamato-Taira civil war
Adrian IV
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1154-1159)
Alexander III
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1159-1181)
Victor IV (antipope) +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1160
Laon Cathedral construction
begins (-1205)
St. Gilles du Gard Abbey
construction in Provence (-1170)
Erik
IX
-
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik (Jedvarsson) Saint
Magnus
Henriksson +
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik
al-Muqtafi
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1136-) 31st
Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustanjid
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-1170) 32nd
Abbasid Caliph
Kimhi,
David
(Redak)
1160-1235
Bodel,
Jehan
1160-
Perotin
1160-1205
(1160-1238?)
John
of
Salisbury
1110-1160
Lombard,
Peter
1100-1160
1161
Battle
of Ts'ai-shih - explosives used in China
Geza
II
-
(Hungary)
King
Stephen
III
+
(Hungary)
King
(the Lightning)
Magnus
Henriksson -
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik
Charles
VII +
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik (Karl Sverkersson)
Inge
I
-
(Norway)
(1136-)
Sigurd
II Mund -
(Norway)
(1136-)
Haakon
II
+
(Norway)
1162
Thomas
a Becket is appointed Archbishop of Cantebury and quarrels with Henry II over
Church rights
Petronilla
-
(Aragon)
Alfonso
II
+
(Aragon)
Stephen
III
-
(Hungary)
King
(the Lightning)
Ladislaus
II
+
(Hungary)
King
Haakon
II
-
(Norway)
Baldwin
III
-
(Jerusalem)
(1143-) 5th
King
Amalric
I
+
(Jerusalem)
(-1174) 6th
King
1163
Notre Dame Cathedral cornerstone
laid by Pope Alexander III
Emperor
Frederick I destroys Milan
Abd el-Moulmin
- (Almohade
Sultanate)
Yousouf abou Yacoub + (Almohade
Sultanate)
(-1178)
Ladislaus II
-
(Hungary)
King
Stephen IV
+
(Hungary)
King
Magnus IV
+
(Norway)
Ars Antiqua
1164
Constitutions of Clarendon -
restatement of laws governing trial of ecclesiastics in England
Thomas a Becket flees to
France
Victor IV
(antipope) -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Paschal III (antipope) +
(Patriarchate
of Rome)
Heloise
1165
Malcolm IV the Maiden
-
(Scotland)
grandson
of David I
William the Lion
+
(Scotland)
King
(younger brother of Malcolm IV)
Stephen IV
-
(Hungary)
King
Philip II
Augustus
1165-1223
King
of France
1166
1167
Albigensian Council at
Toulouse
Amalric King of Jerusalem
captures Cairo
Oxford University founded
Charles VII -
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik (Karl Sverkersson)
Knut VI
+
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik (Knut Eriksson)
Genghiz
Khan
1167-1227
1168
Stephen Nemanja founds the
Serbian Empire (-1196)
Arabs recapture Cairo
Paschal III (antipope) -
(Patriarchate of Rome)
Calixtus III (antipope) +
(Patriarchate of Rome)
1169
Suzdal attacks Kiev
Nur ad-Din of Damascus
conquers Fatimid Egypt
Saladin
+
(Egypt)
vizier
1170
Thomas a Becket is murdered
in Cantebury by four knights after short-lived reconciliation with
Henry II
Norman invasion of Ireland
University of Paris founded
al-Mustanjid
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1160-) 32nd Abbasid Caliph
al-Mustadi'
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-1180) 33rd Abbasid Caliph
Notre Dame School and the
beginning of the Ars Antiqua (1170-1200)
Codex Calixtinus
Magnus liber
organi
Leonin (1170-1175)
Guzman, Domingo
de
1170-1221
Fibonacci,
Leonardo
1170-1240
Vogelweide, Walter von
der
1170-1230
Composer
Isaac, Joseph
ben
1105-1170
1171
Henry II formally annexes
Ireland
Saladin overthrows Fatimids
- reestablishes orthodoxy - founds Ayyubid dynasty in Syria and Egypt
1172
Henry II visits Dublin
1173
Rebellion of Henry II's
eldest sons - Henry, Richard, and Geoffrey supported by Eleanor of
Aquitaine
Richard Coeur de Lion at war
against Henry II (his father) -1174
Thomas a Becket canonized
Ladislas II
-
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
King
Stephen III
-
(Hungary)
King
Bela III
+
(Hungary)
King
Vladimir II
-
(Poland)
is
he Ladislaus II of Bohemia?
Boleslaus IV the Curly - (Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
Mieszko III the Old
+ (Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
1174
Almoravides replaced by
Almohades
Saladin conquers Syria
Amalric I
+
(Jerusalem)
(1162-) 6th
King
Baldwin IV(the Leper) +
(Jerusalem)
(-1185)
7th King
Saladin
++
(Egypt)
vizier
-- sultan
1175
Cantebury Cathedral
construction begins
Mohammed of Ghuri and Qutb-ud-din
Aybak lead first Turkish raid into India
Andrey Bogolyubski
-
(Vladimir)
Grand
Duke
Grosseteste,
Robert
1175-1253
Prelate/Philosopher
(England)
Otto
IV
1175-1218
Emperor
(HRE)
Raymond of
Penafort
1175-1275
Saint
Wace
1100-1175
1176
Battle of Legnano - Milan
assists in Lombard League defeat of Emperor Frederick I (5/29/1176)
Battle of Myriokephalon -
Byzantine forces defeated by Seljuks (9/17/1176)
Vsevolod
+
(Vladimir/Suzdal)
(-1212) Grand
Duke
1177
Treaty of Venice - between
the papacy and Lomabrd League, HRE, Kingdom of Sicily (7/1177)
Battle of Montgisard -
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin (11/25/1177)
Alfonso VIII conquers Cuenca
Henry II
-
(Austria)
(1156-) Duke
Leopold V
+
(Austria)
(-1194) Duke
Mieszko III the Old
-
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
Casimir II the Just
+
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast Dynasty
De Coincy,
Gautier
1177-1236
1178
Yousouf abou Yacoub
- (Almohade
Sultanate)
(1163-)
Yacoub bin Yousouf +
(Almohade
Sultanate)
(-1199)
Calixtus III (antipope) - (Patriarchate
of Rome)
1179
Portugal's independence
recognized by Alexander III
Grand Assize of Windsor -
increasing power of royal courts in England
III Lateran Council
Saladin besieges Tyre
Innnocent
III (antipope)
+ (Patriarchate of Rome)
(1179-1180)
Sturluson,
Snorri
1179-1241
Hildegard of
Bingen
1098-1179
1180
Truce between Baldwin IV and
Saladin
Louis VII
-
(France)
(1137-) King
Philip II Augustus
+
(France)
(-1223) King
Manuel I
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(1143-) Emperor
Alexius II
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-1183) Emperor (Comnenus)
al-Mustadi'
-
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(1170-) 33rd Abbasid Caliph
al-Nasir
+
(Abbasid
Caliphate)
(-1225) 34th Abbasid Caliph
Innnocent
III (antipope)
- (Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1179-1180)
1181
Alexander
III
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1159-1181)
Lucius III
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1181-1185)
1182
Phillip II banishes Jews
from France
Massacre of the Latins at
Constantinople
Valdemar I
-
(Denmark)
Canute VI
+
(Denmark)
Francis of
Assisi
1182-1226
1183
Peace of Constance - Milan
gains independence
Alexius II
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(1180-) Emperor (Comnenus)
Andronicus I
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-1185) Emperor
Perotin active at Notre Dame
1184
Magnus IV
-
(Norway)
Sverre
+
(Norway)
1185
Liber de arte honeste amandi et
reprobatione inhonesti amantis (Andreas Capellanus) (3 vols.)
Philip II Augustus secures
Amiens, Artois, and part of Vermandois from Philip I count of Flanders
Angeli dynasty in Byzantine
Empire (-1204)
Kamakura period in Japan -
shogunate officially recognized (-1333)
Last event
described in Svend Aagesen's Historia brevis regum Dacie occurs this year
Andronicus I
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(1183-) Emperor
Isaac II Angelus
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-1195) Angeli Emperor
Alfonso I Henriques -
(Portugal)
King
(House of Burgundy) (Count)
Sancho I
+
(Portugal)
King
(House of Burgundy)
Baldwin IV(the Leper) -
(Jerusalem)
(1174-)
7th King
Baldwin
V+
(Jerusalem)
(-1186)
8th King
Lucius III
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1181-1185)
Urban III
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1185-1187)
Alexander of
Hales
1185-1245
Bhaskara,
Acarya
1114-1185
1186
Peter Asen II
+
(Bulgaria)
Czar
Asen Dynasty
John Asen I
+
(Bulgaria)
King
Asen Dynasty coregent
Baldwin
V-
(Jerusalem)
(1185-)
8th King
Guy de Lusignan
+
(Jerusalem)
(-1192)
9th King
1187
Battle of Hattin (Hittin) -
Saladin destroys Crusaders and captures Jerusalem (7/4/1187)
Philip II Augustus attacks
English territories in France
Floris III
-
(Holland)
Count
Raymond of Toulouse -
(Tripoli)
(-1187)
Count
Urban III
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1185-1187)
Gregory VIII
+-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
*****
Clement III
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1187-1191)
1188
Philip II Augustus allies
with Richard I Coeur de Lion against Henry II - forced to cede several
territories
Philip II Augustus and Henry
II agree to go on crusade
Ferdinand II
-
(Leon)
Alfonso IX
+
(Leon)
1189
Last known Norse visit to
North America
Henry II
-
(England)
(1154-)
Richard I Coeur de Lion +
(England)
(-1199) King
(eldest son of Henry II)
Gilbert of
Sempringham
1083-1189
Henry II of
Anjou
1133-1189
King
1190
Guide for the Perplexed
(Maimonides)
Third Crusade (Richard I,
Philip II Augustus, and Frederick Barbarossa)
(-1192)
(1189)
Frederick Barbarossa is
drowned on his way to Palestine (6/10//1190)
Mongol Empire grows in
Eastern Asia
Frederick I
Barbarossa - (Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1152-) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (2nd)
Henry VI
+
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(-1197) Hohenstaufen Dynasty (3rd)
Lalibela
+
(Ethiopia)
Emperor
Beauvais, Vincent
de
1190-1264
Ventadorn, Bernart
de
1140-1190
Musician
1191
Philip II Augustus returns
to France after quarrel with Richard I
Richard I conquers Cyprus
and captures city of Acre
Philip I
-
(Flanders)
(1157-) Count
Baldwin VIII
+
(Flanders)
Count
(from Hainut)
Margareta
+
(Flanders)
Countess
Dirk VII
+
(Holland)
(-1203) Count
Clement III
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1187-1191)
Celestine III
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1191-1198)
1192
Richard I captures Jaffa and
makes peace with Saladin
Duke Leopold of Austria
captures Richard I on his way home
Battle of Tarain - Legions
of Mohammed Ghor defeat Hindus under Prithivi Raj - Delhi Sultanate
established
Guy de Lusignan
-
(Jerusalem)
(1186-)
9th King
Henry of Champagne +
(Jerusalem)
(-1197)
10th King
Minamoto Yoritomo +
(Japan)
Shogun
Hsiang Shan
Lu
1139-1192
1193
Notre Dame high altar
consecrated
Leopold of Austria hands
Richard I over to Emperor Henry VI who demands a ransom
Muslims capture Bihar and
Bengal
Saladin -
(Egypt)
Sultan
Al-Aziz Imad al-Din
+
(Egypt)
Sultan
Albertus
Magnus
1193-1280
Saladin
1137-1193
Ayyubite
Sultan (Mesopotamia)
1194
Vladimir-Suzdal',
St. Demetrius Church construction begins at the Palace of Vsevolod
(1194-1197)
Chartres
Cathedral is struck by lightning fire destroys all but West facade from 1145
reconstruction (6/10/1194)
Philip
II Augustus at war with Richard I - Philip compelled to surrender most
of his
annexations (-1199)
Richard
I is ransomed and returns to England
Henry
VI conquers Sicily
Sancho
V
-
(Navarre)
the
Wise
Sancho
VI
+
(Navarre)
the
Strong
Leopold
V
-
(Austria)
(1177-) Duke
Frederick
I
+
(Austria)
(1194-1198) Duke
Ottokar
I
+
(Bohemia)
Premyslid
King (1197)
Margareta
-
(Flanders)
Countess
Casimir
II the Just
- (Polish
Kingdom)
Piast
Dynasty
Mieszko
III the Old +
(Polish
Kingdom)
Piast
Dynasty
Frederick
II
1194-1250
Holy
Roman Emperor
1195
Chartres
Cathedral rebuilding commences
Alfonso VIII defeated by the Moors
Isaac
II Angelus
-
(Byzantine
Empire)
(1185-)Emperor
Alexius
III
+
(Byzantine
Empire)
(-1203) Emperor
Baldwin
VIII
-
(Flanders)
Count
(from Hainut)
Baldwin
IX
+
(Flanders)
Count
(emperor of Constantinpole 1204)
1196
Liber ad honorem augusti (Petrus
of Ebulo)
Notre Dame nave completed
except for the roofing
Marimid Dynasty in Morocco
founded at Fez (-1464)
Frederick II elected king of
the Germans
Alfonso II
-
(Aragon)
Pedro II
+
(Aragon)
(-1213)King
John Asen I
-
(Bulgaria)
King
Asen Dynasty coregent
Bela III
-
(Hungary)
King
Emeric
+
(Hungary)
King
Knut VI
-
(Sweden)
House
of Sverker and Erik (Knut Eriksson)
Sverker the Younger +
(Sweden)
(-1208) House
of Sverker and Erik (Karlsson)
1197
Civil war follows the death
of Henry VI in Germany (9/28/1197)
Empress Constance secures
Frederick II's investiture as king of Sicily from Pope Innocent III
War between Constance's
Norman followers and Henry VI's German followers (-1208)
John Asen (Kalojan) founds
the Second Bulgarian Empire (-1207)
Henry VI
-
(Holy
Roman
Empire)
(1190-) (3rd) Hohenstaufen Dynasty
Frederick II
+
(Sicily)
(-1250) King
(Hohenstaufen)
Peter Asen II
-
(Bulgaria)
Czar
Asen Dynasty
John Asen (Kaloyan) +
(Bulgaria)
(-1207) 1st
Emperor 2nd Bulgarian Empire
Henry of Champagne -
(Jerusalem)
(1192-)
10th King
Amalric II of Cyprus +
(Jerusalem)
(-1205)
11th King
Madhua
1197-1276
1198
Philip of Swabia is elected
King of Germany at Mulhausen (3/8/1198)
Philip of Swabia is crowned
King of Germany at Mainz (9/8/1198)
Hugh of Lincoln spokesman
for barons refusal of money to Richard I
Richard I secures the
election of Otto IV of Saxony as antiking to Philip of Swabia
Pope Innocent becomes
guardian of Frederick II on Empress Constance' death
Zenith of Gallici under
Roman of Smolensk (-1205)
Philip of Swabia
+
(Germany)
(-1208) Hohenstaufen
Dynasty (4th)
Otto IV
+
(Holy
Roman Empire)
(-1209) Guelph antiking
Frederick I
-
(Austria)
(1194-) Duke
Leopold VI
+
(Austria)
Duke
The Glorious
Muhammed an-Nasir + (Almohade
Dynasty)
(1198-1213)
Caliph
Al-Aziz Imad al-Din
-
(Egypt)
Sultan
Celestine
III
-
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1191-1198)
Innocent III
+
(Patriarchate of
Rome)
(1198-1216)
Averroes, Mohammed Ibn
Rashid
1126-1198
Aristotelian
Philosopher
Constance
1154-1198
Empress
(HRE)
1199
Richard I The Lionheart hit in the shoulder with crossbow bolt while in France - turns gangrenous (3/25/1199)
Richard I the Lionheart dies from wound (4/6/1199)
Philip II Augustus espouses
the cause of Arthur I of Brittany against John Lackland
Richard I Coeur de
Lion -
(England)
(1189-) King
(eldest son of Henry II)
John Lackland
+
(England)
(-1216) King
(youngest son of Henry II)
Yacoub bin Yousouf -
(Almohade
Sultanate)
(1178-)
Mohammed bin Yacoub + (Almohade
Sultanate)
(-1213)
Richard Coer de
Lion
1157-1199
1100
1110
1120
1130
1140
1150
1160
1170
1180
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